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MISSION
ARRL’s mission is to promote and protect the art, science, and enjoyment of amateur radio, and to develop the next generation of radio amateurs.

What Is Amateur Radio (or Ham Radio)

VISION
ARRL, through our digital transformation, will be globally recognized by radio amateurs and the public for promoting amateur radio through our superior delivery of content, training, and licensing; protecting amateur radio through our work with regulators and industry; and investing in the future of amateur radio by inspiring and educating America’s youth in radio communications and technology.

ABOUT
Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization that numbers within our ranks the vast majority of active radio amateurs in the United States. ARRL is also the Secretariat of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). We have a proud history of achievement as the standard-bearer in amateur affairs.

A bona fide interest in amateur radio is the only essential qualification of ARRL membership; an amateur radio license is not a prerequisite, although full voting membership is granted only to licensed radio amateurs in the US.

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ARRL FIVE PILLARS
ARRL’s underpinnings as amateur radio’s witness, partner and forum are defined by five pillars: Public Service, Advocacy, Education, Technology, and Membership.